Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
August 12, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1987 at Memorial Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 8, Baltimore Orioles 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 5 1 2 1
Hinzo 2b 5 0 0 1
Franco ss 4 0 2 0
Carter 1b 4 2 2 2
Tabler dh 5 0 1 0
Hall lf 5 1 1 0
Snyder rf 4 3 3 2
Jacoby 3b 4 1 3 0
Allanson c 3 0 1 2
Akerfelds p 0 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 15 8
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Dwyer dh 3 2 1 0
Ripken 2b 5 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 3 3 2
Murray 1b 5 1 2 4
Lynn cf 4 0 0 0
Knight 3b 4 0 1 0
Sheets rf 2 0 0 0
Gerhart lf 3 0 0 0
Rayford c 3 0 1 0
Dixon p 0 0 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Habyan p 0 0 0 0
  Niedenfuer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 8 6
Cleveland 111 102 1018150
Baltimore 300 020 100682
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Akerfelds  W (1-3) 5.0 5 5 5 3 2
  Easterly   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Gordon   1.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Jones  SV (3) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
7
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Dixon   3.0 8 4 4 0 3
  Griffin  L (2-5) 2.2 4 2 1 2 1
  Habyan   2.2 3 2 2 0 1
  Niedenfuer   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
8
7
2
5

  E–C Ripken (12), Knight (18).  DP–Cleveland 2, Baltimore 2.  2B–Cleveland Jacoby (22,off Dixon), Baltimore C Ripken (21,off Gordon).  HR–Cleveland Butler (4,1st inning off Dixon 0 on, 0 out); Carter 2 (26,3rd inning off Dixon 0 on, 2 out,9th inning off Habyan 0 on, 1 out); Snyder 2 (28,4th inning off Dixon 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Habyan 0 on, 2 out), Baltimore Murray (27,1st inning off Akerfelds 2 on, 1 out); C Ripken (22,5th inning off Akerfelds 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Allanson (3,off Griffin).  HBP–Gerhart (1,by Jones).  SB–Franco (23,2nd base off Dixon/Rayford); Gerhart (9,2nd base off Jones/Allanson).  CS–Franco 2 (8,2nd base by Griffin/Rayford,2nd base by Habyan/Rayford).  WP–Akerfelds 2 (3).  HBP–Jones (4,Gerhart).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Mark Johnson.  T–3:26.  A–19,566.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook